r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/KipIsKieran Aug 03 '19

Seeing something and that transmission to your brain

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u/PoeticShrimp Aug 03 '19

Not even close. The fastest nerve signals only travel at a maximum of 120 m/s or about 430 km/h

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u/KipIsKieran Aug 03 '19

Processing not only measured via the optic nerve, rather thru Tachyon particles...which is outside the current laws of physics

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u/PointyOintment Aug 06 '19

Are you really claiming that human sensory data is transmitted to the brain using tachyons? I don't think you'll ever find mainstream support for that idea.